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This weekend was a good one. On Saturday, Jake stayed home with Sofia and I got to take Hudson to the USC game on a little mommy date. I’m quickly learning how precious these times I have with them one on one are. We had so much fun! We didn’t get home until 1:30 … AM … but it was well worth the fun night. Yesterday we spent the day together just the four of us, we had a slow morning, went to the farmer’s market, and just rested. Much like the one on one time, I’m realizing how desperate our family is for these types of rest days together. Days with nothing on the agenda, just being. It’s something I want to build in to our monthly rhythms and not compromise on.
Clearly I’m learning a lot these days because it took me 4 years as a mom to realize how life-changing a backpack diaper bag is! Serious game changer here. Especially since having two, having my hands free for them over having a bag on one shoulder has been so nice. I tagged a few of my favorites below.
Hope you all had an amazing weekend and are ready for this new week!
xoxo,
Jac

These are probably some of my favorite photos Jake’s ever taken of us. They capture the kids and their personalities so perfectly. This is so much our life lately, not perfect sunset beaches every day, but just their all over the place-ness, and joy. They have so much joy, I want to bottle it up and drink it in slow – I need this type of joy. In a place where you can easily have the life sucked out of you, moments like this that fill you up are so needed; we don’t take time for this enough. Praying we can grow in our intentionality to make more space for this.

We’re trying to give one day a week to spend together and explore this beautiful city. We so easily get caught up in our day to day and realize we haven’t spent time just being and enjoying where we live. We also try to make these days super special for Hudson and Sofia and find things that are really fun for them. So last week we branched out to Beverly Hills. We used to go to church in Hollywood so we’d be out of our part of town at least once of week, but now that we go to church closer to home I find myself not going over to the West Side for months at a time. Anyways, we stumbled upon the Beverly Hills Library and none of us were disappointed! Seriously so fun! And there are obviously a ton of fun things to do in that area. We highly recommend it!

Spring is here! I was so eager about it I spent all day yesterday thinking that it was the 21st and posting about it being the first day of Spring. Oopsy. Anyways – I am so excited for a new season! I don’t love rain, like I enjoy the first day or two of it, but I grew up in Southern California and I’m 100% a sunshine girl. There’s something so sweet about new seasons, especially Spring, full of new life and the end of the cold. I am excited for what this next season will hold. Our lemon tree is currently dripping rain, but trying to just look past that and be anticipatory for more days like this 😉
Happy Spring!
baci baci,
Jac

We are having amazing weather again, and it has me all in the mood for Spring! I think one of the things I really love about Spring is that you get to mix and match your favorite Winter items with your favorite new Spring pieces; boots with dresses, skirts and jackets, shorts and long sleeves. It’s so fun! This dress has quickly become one of my favorites, I could wear it every day. This one is sold out, but I’ve shared a few of my favorite transitional dresses at the bottom.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how as a mom I’m always second guessing myself. How I prioritize my time with Hudson and Sofia, my time with Jake, my time with other people, not to mention time on my own; it has become somewhat of an unexpected battle. There really are only so many hours in a day, and I never realized the value of every single minute the way I do since having kids. I have so much respect for moms of four and five and more kids. I don’t know how they do it, and yet they are some of the moms I look up to the most . My own mom somehow balanced it all so well. You always hear about the duck; how it’s calm on the surface but paddling like crazy under the water, I imagine it must be something like that.
I am constantly thinking to myself, what is the most important thing for today? As an avid list maker and prioritizer, this seems logical. But, I think I’m learning that with kids, “important,” doesn’t follow the same rules that the rest of life does, because with kids you never really know what the next day is going to hold. When Hudson falls and scrapes his knee and he needs an extra ten minutes of cuddles, or when Sofia is teething and wants to only be held by me all-day-long. When the day is just off and you need to throw out all the plans and BE more than you need to DO. These things are the most important. Ultimately the organic balanced meals, the limited screen time, the outdoor physical activity, the at least 30 minutes of book reading – they’re all good, but really I don’t think they’re the things that are the most important. Taking the time to see where they’re at and what they need that day – that is more important. And more than anything it’s really just love – that’s what they need more than anything – that is most important. It takes a lot of different forms, it’s usually not quantifiable, it usually can’t be checked off a to-do list, but that is what I think will shape these tiny souls more than anything else.
So if you’re struggling like I am, give yourself a break and take a step back; if you’re even thinking about anything regarding what benefits your kids, it’s probably because you love them more than life itself. You’re doing great, mama!

Hudson and I have both had some health stuff going on, so we’ve been trying eliminating a few things and adding a few things to see how that helps. With that we’ve been juicing a bunch and it’s become this little activity that Hudson loves doing together. Sofia naps, we juice, it’s so good. Finding special things for him and I to do just the two of us has been so important in transitioning to him not having all of my attention. Our favorite juice is: apples, oranges, beets, cucumber, ginger, pineapple, and a little lime – it’s amazing. *tip* we always like to strain our juice to get a less grainy texture.
Happy juicing!
Baci Baci – Jac

How can it be three months with this sweet baby girl already?! She is growing so fast, and it’s true what they say, that it goes faster with each baby. Sofia is an absolute doll. We see so many similarities between her and Hudson, but she is definitely her own little personality; she’s laid back and spicy all at once, I adore it. We are loving watching her learn to make sounds and try to roll over, she’s so observant and just loves watching everything going on around her.

Sofia’s cute bow is from Knot Just A Stitch, Thank you Laura for the most beautiful bows! I so recommend checking out her shop!

On Saturday we found out that there was a strawberry festival just twenty minutes away on Sunday, I mean … a festival for strawberries … yes please. So after church we headed up, and when we got there it was kind of like a farmers market but with lots of fun strawberry treats and fun games for kids. We had the most amazing fish tacos with strawberry salsa, chocolate covered strawberries, and there was this crazy chili, pineapple, strawberry drink everyone was raving about. Hudson loved cranking the water toys and driving “his fire Jeep” – he’s obsessed with Jeeps, like father like son. He’s the most passionate kid I’ve ever met, I love watching him enjoy things the way he does. It was a great way to spend our afternoon! Have a great weekend!! xo, Jac

We have been really trying to take advantage of all that this beautiful city has to offer. We haven’t had a zoo pass for about a year, and when I was in Texas Jake took Hudson and renewed it. I’m not sure who enjoys it more, but I have no doubt we’ll be spending a lot of time there this summer! Jake was able to get some amazing shots of the lions, and according to the lion keeper getting shots of them showing affection is really rare, so that was fun. Hudson still hasn’t stopped talking about all the animals! Sofia did great on her first zoo trip! Clearly she slept through it all.
Happy Wednesday!

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